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Tesla Homes In on Austin, Texas, for Cybertruck Plant Site
- Company files tax abatement application with school district
- Filing shows that Oklahoma remains a finalist for factory
Elon Musk gestures while introducing the newly unveiled Tesla Cybertruck in Hawthorne, California on November 21, 2019.
Photographer: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
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Tesla Inc. is zeroing in on an area in southeast Austin, Texas, for the electric-car maker’s second U.S. auto factory and first pickup plant.
The company has filed an application with an Austin-area school district in Travis County seeking a tax abatement, according to publicly filed documents. Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive officer, announced in March the Silicon Valley-based carmaker has begun scouting for sites to produce its Cybertruck, which is still in development, and Model Y crossover for customers on the East Coast.